With the holiday season looming, you may want to ask Santa for a DNA test kit or perhaps gift one to a special person. Most people are interested in their family ethnicity even if they aren’t genealogists. Ethnicity tests (autosomal DNA) are offered by a variety of companies.
To the editor:
Man cave: a place where men go to hide. There are various reasons we men choose to have these little places. The “No women allowed” sign on the entrance gives a clue to one of our reasons for claiming our little piece of heaven.
Quand j’ai commencé l’école a Grand Isle, les bonne sœurs on commencer de nous enseigner le chinois. Well, c’tais pas du chinois, c’tais d’l’anglais mais c’aurais pu être du chinois en cause que nous autres on connaisais pas la difference entre le chinois pi l’anglais. C’est deux langues que personne parlais par che’ nous.
Van Buren received a $10,000 matching grant from Community Heart & Soul, a national program that helps towns make changes and developments based on community feedback.
Jeffrey Davenport, president and CEO of NorState Federal Credit Union, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Johnson as NorState FCU senior vice president of strategy & performance. In his role, Johnson will lead the implementation and development, along with overseeing the progress of NorState FCU’s strategic initiatives.
Northern Maine Development Commission has worked collaboratively with the Maine Center for Entrepreneurship and Sunrise County Economic Council to bring the business accelerator program TopGun to both Aroostook and Washington County.
Fort Kent residents will have a chance to voice their concerns and hopes for downtown street improvements.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has started mailing ballots for the Farm Service Agency county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the Aroostook County FSA office or postmarked by December 4.
The Madawaska Middle/High School Band and American Legion Post #147 paid a special visit to the veterans at Country Village Estates on Thursday morning, honoring their service and sacrifice with music and heartfelt speeches while raising awareness of veteran homelessness.
